May 12, 2015

Tuesday of the Sixth Week of EasterLectionary: 292

The crowd in Philippi joined in the attack on Paul and Silas,and the magistrates had them strippedand ordered them to be beaten with rods.After inflicting many blows on them,they threw them into prisonand instructed the jailer to guard them securely.When he received these instructions, he put them in the innermost celland secured their feet to a stake.

About midnight, while Paul and Silas were prayingand singing hymns to God as the prisoners listened,there was suddenly such a severe earthquakethat the foundations of the jail shook;all the doors flew open, and the chains of all were pulled loose. When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open,he drew his sword and was about to kill himself,thinking that the prisoners had escaped.But Paul shouted out in a loud voice,“Do no harm to yourself; we are all here.”He asked for a light and rushed in and,trembling with fear, he fell down before Paul and Silas.Then he brought them out and said,“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesusand you and your household will be saved.”So they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.He took them in at that hour of the night and bathed their wounds;then he and all his family were baptized at once.He brought them up into his house and provided a mealand with his household rejoiced at having come to faith in God.

R. (7c) Your right hand saves me, O Lord.or:R. Alleluia.I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart,for you have heard the words of my mouth;in the presence of the angels I will sing your praise;I will worship at your holy temple,and give thanks to your name.R. Your right hand saves me, O Lord.or:R. Alleluia.Because of your kindness and your truth,you have made great above all thingsyour name and your promise.When I called, you answered me;you built up strength within me.R. Your right hand saves me, O Lord.or:R. Alleluia.Your right hand saves me.The LORD will complete what he has done for me;your kindness, O LORD, endures forever;forsake not the work of your hands.R. Your right hand saves me, O Lord.or:R. Alleluia.

Jesus said to his disciples:“Now I am going to the one who sent me,and not one of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts.But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go.For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you.But if I go, I will send him to you.And when he comes he will convict the worldin regard to sin and righteousness and condemnation:sin, because they do not believe in me; righteousness, because I am going to the Fatherand you will no longer see me;condemnation, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.”

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